Podcast: Aligning IT Cost Optimization with Business Strategy

July 29, 2009

frank-schiwer The communications gap between IT and business units persists. Frank Schiewer, alfabet’s CSO and a member of its board, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the challenge is creating a unified view of an organization that can be used both by strategic planners and those executing current programs. Business intelligence, he says, is a key tool in creating this agile and fluid common language. (Podcast time: 21:40)

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It’s a Win-Win: Best in Class Companies Benefit More, Dedicate Fewer People to BI

July 21, 2009

hatch_dave David Hatch, the Vice President of Technical Research for the Aberdeen Group, says that best in class companies dedicate eight people to BI deployments, while other organizations use 11.1 people for this purpose. In a podcast, Hatch describes six steps that can propel average and laggard companies into this upper echelon. (Podcast time: 24:06)

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Podcast: In Business Intelligence, Data Quality is Job One — Or Should Be

July 13, 2009

teachey Daniel Teachey, the Senior Director of Market for DataFlux, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the definition of data integration is fluid — and not governed by any universal set of standards. He says that careful data cleansing and integration is ever more important as companies need real-time access to the growing mountains of data they collect. (Podcast time: 27:19)

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Introducing The IT-Finance Connection Partnership Pages

July 8, 2009

We are pleased to announce the launch of The IT-Finance Connection Partnership Pages. These pages—which are maintained by The IT-Finance Connection but controlled by the client—are designed to help companies initiate or refine ongoing social networking efforts.

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Podcast: BI on the TEM Team

July 6, 2009

tonymazzullo Telecom Expense Management focuses on six areas–from sourcing to usage control–that can lead to significant savings on an organizations contracts and phone bills. Veramark CEO Tony Mazzullo tells The IT-Finance Connection that the savings are impossible without BI’s ability to sort through all the telecom haystacks to find and extract vital facts and figures. (Podcast time: 20:20).

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The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for July 1

July 1, 2009

newspaper icon Companies mentioned: ParAccel, Scout Analytics, Oracle, Aegis Analytical, Calabrio, Aster Data Systems, Intel Capital, Sense Networks, WIND Telecom, Netezza, Motio, Vitria, IBM Cognos, NICE, Datamonitor, Analog Devices, MetricStream, Flurry, Atimi, Five Mobile, MobileCDN, Baseline Consulting, Broadstreet Data, MicroStrategy, Heartland Payment Systems, AccountMate Software and ClickBase Corporation.